HotelChatter - Tag: Thompson Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills: Room With an Anti-View: Roof Deck Construction at Thompson Beverly Hills

amandak — 2007-12-20T09:35:01-05:00

<![CDATA[You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/AntiViewThompsonBevHills.jpg" class="imgborder"> We've had a lot of talk about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Thompson+Beverly+Hills/local/806">Thompson Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills: First-Hand Guest Review: The Thompson Beverly Hills is Open, Barely

juliana — 2007-11-21T15:12:56-05:00

We knew that Monday was a tentative D-Day for the Thompson Beverly Hills Hotel to open, one of the many expected opening dates since Thompson Hotels first announced the project.

But the hotel has already been half-open to guests for a few months while construction is continuing. The rooms are renovated in the new Dodd Mitchell style, but nothing else is completely finished.

Although Thompson said they would open first on Nov. 5th then later on November 19th, one HotelChatter Maven VickyHsu bravely took a gamble on staying November 20th. And guess what? The place is still under construction. Her full review after the jump.

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Beverly Hills: The Thompson Beverly Hills is Open...Sorta

juliana — 2007-09-06T09:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/thompsonbh_exterior.jpg" class="imgborder">We heard word through the hotel industry grapevine that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Thompson+Beverly+Hills/local/806">Thompson Beverly Hills</a> while under construction has two full floors of finished rooms.Since we just drove by the place on Tuesday and it looked like this (above) we could hardly believe the whispers. So we gave the hotel's reservations line a call and we learned that YES, the place is OPEN. Although, it's operating under the <a href="http://www.beverlypavilion.com">Beverly Pavilion</a> name, not yet Thompson Hotels.The kind lady who answered our call said that the rooms have been renovated and upgraded (designed by Dodd Mitchell) but do not feature any of the fancy Thompson amenities such as Sferra linens or posh toiletries. Prices range from $129 to $189 depending on

Beverly Hills: Thompson Beverly Hills Delay Blamed on Colombian Guerrillas With Fine Taste

juliana — 2007-07-20T09:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/thompsonbh_july14.jpg" class="imgborder">An article in the LA Times yesterday summing up the changing landscape of the Hollywood hotel scene has an interesting report on why Jason Pomeranc's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Thompson%20Beverly%20Hills">Thompson Beverly Hills</a> has been delayed. The reason is so crazy that we can't even bring ourselves to paraphrase it. <blockquote>YOU expect the unexpected when you're opening a new hotel, but nothing quite prepared Jason Pomeranc for the phone call he received as he rushed to get the doors open at the new Thompson Beverly Hills. "Did you read the newspaper?'" the caller asked Pomeranc, the co-owner of Manhattan-based Thompson Hotel Group. "There was a leftist guerrilla attack on the port in Colombia and our stone [a specially made black polished concrete

Beverly Hills: Thompson Beverly Hills Construction Update

juliana — 2007-07-16T09:10:01-05:00

Thompson Beverly Hills: July 14, 2007.

Just for those of you keeping track, The Thompson Beverly Hills Hotel is still under heavy construction. However, it does look like its actually progressing unlike some other places.

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· Thompson Hotel Beverly Hills Set For July Opening, Six Columbus Set for 'Summer' [HotelChatter]